Bulimia Help

I will definately like to do this with you!!!!!

We can share our results!

I'm up for this also.

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Just a little side note..over the summer I went on a detox. The reason I did it was because I thought I had a food allergy so the natural doctor I was going to asked me to eliminate all of the foods mentioned above. I found that eating those foods made meals really frustrating because it's extremely hard coming up with quick and easy meals. After the cleanse when I tried to eat junk food my stomach would bloat up, my body couldn't really handle them anymore. You might benefit more from slowly changing your diet to meet the restrictions instead of eliminating everything at once, like eliminate dairy the first week, then sugar, then caffeine, and so on. That way you have time to adjust to all the changes and brainstorm some healthy meals and snacks. Don't overwhelm yourself trying to eat all the right foods because eating food should make us feel good, not stressed! Your body will appreciate all the healthy changes so ease into and maybe it will become a lifestyle change :)

Awesome, I am really glad that you want to join in! It will be so much easier to do this together rather than alone.

I understand courtney's comments and am very happy for you to do it the way she suggested (i.e. eliminating one toxin a week) or for you to chose one toxin you want to eliminate for the next 28 days (e.g. coffee or alcohol), in which case this could be a mini lent ;-)

The reason why I want to eliminate all toxins might be stupid and I thought I should share it with you. You can then decide whether you want to join in and how many toxins you want to try to eliminate yourself. I want to go on a detox because I feel so sluggish and out of energy and I want to make up for all the bad things I forced my body to deal with the last year. I know that I won't be able to start with a clean slate in four weeks from now but I do hope that my body will feel much better and that I will be able to control my cravings for bad food better. The second reason why I want to do the detox might be a bit more controversial but I am sure that you guys will understand: Food is like a drug and whenever something bad happens I b/p. I feel that this cycle is seriously getting out of control (I b/p every day at the moment) and I don't even think that each b/p is triggered by something. Its almost a habbit by now. When you go on a detox you are not supposed to count any calories or starve yourself and no matter how much healthy and nutritionous food you eat you know that you are something good for your body and that you won't be putting on too much weight. Hence, I think that combining a detox with starting structured eating could work really well because there won't be any guilt and binging on fruit or nuts won't exactly trigger purging, right?

One last thing I want to stress is that I am only going to start trying this myself on Monday. I have never done it before and I can't guarantee that it will work. I fully expect to slip several times during the 28 days (both by eating toxins but probably also by b/pind). But it gives us the opportunity to try to adopt a healthier lifestyle and how to deal with our new diet. It somehow gives structured eating more of a purpose and takes away some guilt (without the need to count calories). I hope that makes sense.

I would really love you to join in because everything is easier together. Don't be afraid of failing, we will be one community and even if we fail every day, at least we are trying to make a change.

What do you think?

I think Courtney is right. Please be careful- when I was at my worst, I would go on a "Detox" which meant drinking loads of water and tea and no food. If I ate it had to be whole foods only. No salt, sugar, processed foods... You know what happened? I bet you can predict- I would eat something I wasn't supposed to then purge.
If you truly are doing this for health, and you are ready, then I wish you the best of luck! Just a side note of caution not to let this be a diet.
Just trying to help, not lecture! Good luck friends!
xoxo

sounds like restricting to me.....

definitely not in.

This "detox" seems more like a diet plan, I wouldn't do that in recovery.

Dont diet, just eat! Eat what your body tells to otherwise you will b/p.

Stay healthy through moderation.

I don't think this has to be restrictive. There are still a lot of healthy foods that could be included in this diet. Like porridge, wheat free pasta, grilled salmon or chicken with a little drizzle of olive oil with some rosemary or something, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, etc.

I generally try to not buy processed foods. But at the same time I can't have much food in my house because it scares me. But I could never give up coffee. However, I'm going to try and make sure I drink 2 litres of water coz in the winter I never drink any water. Today I drank 500ml which is nowhere near enough. And I'm going to try and get lots of sleep so I don't need so much coffee. I'm also trying to cut down on my milk because my skin is so bad. But only milk is meant to be bad for skin. Not anything else dairy.

I think for me personally the detox makes sense. I am honestly doing this for health reasons (especially sluggishness and low energy) and I want to clear out my system and let my body recover. Also, I don't see the detox as restricting, quite the opposite, I think it will free me to eat as much as I want whenever I am hungry without feeling guilty and without triggering a purge. I think this might be my one chance to learn structured eating and to let my body learn how to feel hungry and content again without it being too scary (I think I will care much less about the calories I will consume in a binge if I binge on healthy foods like nuts and dried fruit...)

But I can see how this detox in itself could be triggering for some if he/she doesn't manage to stay away from toxic food. The last thing I want to do is to make recovery harder for anyone so I am not sure anymore if it is a good idea to encourage others to do the 28 detox or whether I should just do it alone and write about it in my blog.

Maybe, if other people are in let me know and we read each other's blogs and leave encouraging comments rather than making it a forum post and potentially triggering others?

Sorry if this has had any negative impact on anyone. At the moment I see the detox as a way out of this hell and I naturally wanted to share it with you guys in case it might help anyone else.

Hugs, creola

Hey guys, just wondering how the cleanse went